| 93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 143 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 231 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 129 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 47 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 88 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 144 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 105 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 512 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4278 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 107 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7475 | Morohashi |
| 3467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1390 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 106 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 111 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 153 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 95 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 少 【ショウ】 small, little, few
- 少輔 【ショウ】 assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
- 最少 【サイショウ】 fewest, least, smallest (number), lowest, minimum, youngest
- 過少 【カショウ】 too few, too little, insufficient
Kun reading compounds
- 少ない 【すくない】 few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
- 少し 【すこし】 a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat, a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute, a little way, a short distance
- 少しも 【すこしも】 (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
- un poco
- apenas
Portuguese
- poucos
- pequenos
French
- un petit peu
- un peu
| 1160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 9020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c11 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
344 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 違反 【イハン】 violation, offense, offence, breach, transgression, infringement, contravention
- 違憲 【イケン】 unconstitutionality
- 格段の相違 【カクダンノソウイ】 marked difference
- 非違 【ヒイ】 illegality, police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
Kun reading compounds
- 違う 【ちがう】 to differ (from), to be different, to be distinct, to be unlike, to vary, to disagree (with), to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be mistaken, to become abnormal, to go wrong, isn't it?, wasn't it?
- 違くて 【ちがくて】 different (from), not the same (as)
- 違い 【ちがい】 difference, distinction, discrepancy, mistake, error
- 違いない 【ちがいない】 sure, no mistaking it, for certain, without doubt
- 違える 【ちがえる】 to change, to alter, to mistake, to make a mistake, to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise), to sprain (a muscle), to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)
- 違う 【たがう】 to differ, to be different, to run counter to, to change (into something out of the ordinary)
- 違える 【たがえる】 to change, to alter, to run counter to, to go against, to break (one's word), to make a mistake (in), to err
Readings
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- diferencia
- diferir
- violar
- ser diferente
- cambiar
- alterar
Portuguese
- diferença
- diferir
French
- différence
- différer
| 1006 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 496 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4720 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 883 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 965 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 814 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 833 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 385 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 713 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3907 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2014 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2716 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1659 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39067P | Morohashi |
| 3151 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6099 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1644 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1773 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 274 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1676 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q10.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 3430.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9055 | Unicode hex code |